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Dr. Courtney Grant’s Response:  "Georgia is home. There’s something special about practicing medicine where you share a connection with your patients and your community—it makes the work even more fulfilling. After training at one of the nation’s top vascular surgery programs, I knew I wanted to bring my expertise back to serve the people of Georgia.

As a first-generation college graduate and the first Black woman to complete Baylor College of Medicine’s vascular surgery fellowship, I also want to inspire and mentor future generations, especially women and women of color, to pursue careers in medicine. We need more bright, passionate women in surgery and surgical subspecialties, and I want to show them that it’s possible.